Education

After 25 years of establishment, the Vallet Scholarship Fund has granted nearly 50,000 scholarships worth more than 500 billion VND to excellent students nationwide.

The National Traffic Safety Committee in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training and Honda Vietnam Company organised a programme to provide helmets for first grade students nationwide in the 2024-2025 school year.

The Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City coordinated with KDI Education to organise a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on September 14 and launch the AI Hackathon 2024 with the theme "Protecting the green planet" for primary, secondary and high school students.

An animation series entitled ‘Safe for Children’ is being aired on Vietnam Television’s Channel 3 from September 14 with the aim to improve children's knowledge and skills in disaster prevention and control.

The Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual language school in Vientiane held a ceremony on September 11 to start the 2024-2025 school year.

The 4th Vietnam School on Earth Observation (VSEO4) opened at the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh Province, on September 9.

All the four Vietnamese students who participated in the 36th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2024) have won prizes, bringing home two golds, one silver and one bronze, the Ministry of Education and Training announced on September 6.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening ceremony of the 2024-2025 academic year at Nguyen Dinh Chieu junior high school for students with vision impairment in Hanoi on September 5.

More than 25 million students nationwide started the 2024-2025 school year on September 5.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a directive requesting the enhancement of coordination among families, schools, and society in the education of children and students, with a particular focus on preventing school violence, crimes, and social evils among students, and ensuring school security and safety.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has sent a congratulatory message to teachers, those working in the education sector, as well as students and their parents on the occasion of the new 2024 – 2025 school year.

The working delegation of the Ministry of Public Security led by Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, attended the inauguration ceremony and the opening of the new school year at Minh Thanh Secondary School, Son Duong District, Tuyen Quang Province on September 4.

Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong, member of the Party Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, attended the opening ceremony of the 2024-2025 new school year at Ba Vi Secondary School in the mountainous district of Ba To, Quang Ngai Province on September 4.

Member of the Party Central Committee and Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh attended the opening ceremony of the new school year at Nghia Phuong Secondary School, Luc Nam District, Bac Giang Province, on September 4.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man attended the opening ceremony of the new school year at Pham Hung High School, Long Ho Town, Long Ho District, Vinh Long Province on September 5.

In recent times, the Ministry of Education and Training and localities have paid attention to the effective implementation of programmes, projects, and investment plans for education in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

The scientific and educational organisation "Meeting Vietnam" handed over Vallet scholarships, worth over 2.7 billion VND (108,473 USD) in total, to outstanding students in five Central Highlands provinces and south central Khanh Hoa an Ninh Thuan provinces at a ceremony in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province on August 28.

All five members of the Vietnamese team brought home medals from the 17th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), according to the Hanoi Department of Education and Training.

Vietnamese students earned two silver and three bronze medals at the 17th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 17 to 27.

The number of foreign students studying at higher education institutions in Vietnam has increased in recent years. In addition to those studying under agreements, there are also self-funded students, as well as those under bilateral agreements at the school or local levels.

The final round of the "I love Vietnamese" contest was held on August 20 in Savannakhet province, Laos, for both Lao and Vietnamese students in the locality to show their command of the language.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a conference in Hanoi on August 19 to review the 2023-2024 academic year and launch tasks for the new year, during which he underscored the motto of “taking students as the centre and subject, teachers as motivation, schools as support, families as fulcrum, and society as foundation” for education-training activities.

The Association of Vietnamese Students in Queensland (AVSQ) has carried out a project to assist overseas Vietnamese students in Australia’s Queensland state in career orientation. ​

The 10th Hanoi Model United Nations was held successfully last July at the British University Vietnam (BUV), serving as a venue for more than 120 young people to voice their opinions on global issues in various fields related to politics, international relations, and sociology.

Vietnamese students bagged one silver medal and one bronze medal at the first International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) 2024, held in Burgas, Bulgaria, from August 9 to 15.

The Cuban Government will grant 15 full scholarships for tertiary training to Vietnamese students, in the 2024-2025 academic year, including eight scholarships for medicine and seven for other majors, Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training has announced.

A conference to boost human resources connectivity between the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long and Japan’s Niigata prefecture was held in the Vietnamese province on August 4.

The “Books for trees” programme 2024, held by charity group Fly To Sky and more than 30 agencies, organisations and businesses, saw nearly 10,000 item exchanges and drawn more than 6,000 volunteers in exchange points across the country.

Two Vietnamese students won bronze medals at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) and the Adobe Certified Professional World Championship (ACPWC) 2024 in California, the US.

Vietnamese students won 16 individual and 5 team prizes at the India International Mathematics Competition (InIMC) 2024, which took place in Lucknow, India, from July 26 to 31.